Linen-smoother



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LINEN SMODTHER.

No 32,001. PatentedApr. 9, 1861.

'UNITED sri/iras PATENT oFFroE.

HORATIO RODD, OF CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LINEN-SMOOTHER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,001, dated April 9, 1861.

To all whom fit may concern.'V

Be it known that I, HoRATIo RoDD, of Chestnut Hill, in the county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Smoothing l and Glazing' 'Linen After Being VaShed'; I and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying dravv-I ings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l, a. (z. a. a. the frame, o1' stand. B. B. cross-bars holding the springs. C. C. the bed or table. D. the roller. E. E. two bars that serve as guide-rods to the roller and give it' the resisting power to the springs, each .bar fixing into t-he mortise holes, on two of the posts, they press upon the roller as levers and fix in two sockets at the other end by pins. F. F. drums, fixed on axles; each drum being like the end of I the roller; on theser drums the bands are! on thecross-bars, and fit to corresponding holes in the cross-bars at the bottom of the bed which keeps them in their places, leaving sufficient space for the springs to work up and down` The bed has the corners cut out to fit inside the posts so as to rise up and down freely without working out of its own space, and is laid upon the springs, then the roller is placed across it, and the bars fixed into the mortise holes in the two posts at the right hand end, and lodged in the first groove of the roller then pressing' each bar as a lever it fixes into the socket-s at the left end and is fastened by pins.

The roller has a piece of linen fastened once around it and the articles requiring smoothing laid upon it, by these means the handles being turned, the roller works up and down. At each end it has .an axle with two drums exactly corresponding in size with the ends of the roller, and parallel to it, projecting exactly the samedistance from the bed, to these drums bands are fastened, also to the corresponding grooves in the roller. The handles are thenfput on, and the machine is in working' order.

lvhat I claim as my invention isk The combination and arrangement of the frame a, a., a, ci, cross bars with springs B. B. the bed C. C. the roller D. the bars E. E. the drums F. F. and the bands G. G. substantially as and for the purpose specified.

HO RDDD.

firmly fixed and serve to propel the roller. G. G. the bands. H. H. the handles. I. I. the pins.

Fig. 2, the top of the table seen geometrically, with Fig. l

To enable others skilled in the art, to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my linen smoother on an oblong square stand or frame, of four posts and eight rails, with cross-bars, a bed or ta* letters of reference, same as in Witnesses:

WlLLIAM TRACY, DAVID W. PRICE.

ble, springs, axles, drums, a roller, handles and pins.

The springs are inserted in holes 

